This week, the group befriends Lola, a playful Buneary with a thing for Tintri!

This episode got heavily rewritten once Team Rocket was taken out--it was one of those episodes that worked perfectly fine as a plot without them, so I left it short and sweet.

I also took a moment to explore some of the group's Pokemon and their personalities. Diddy has a bit of a playful side in addition to his heroic spirit, and Kage, Brock's Croagunk, is a bit of a smart-aleck (which...

With spring break ending, it’s time for me to get ready for school again. As I’m writing this, in fact, I am riding out of Virginia and back home in the car with my family. I’m going to post a compilation of clips from my trip to Historic Colonial Williamsburg on my YouTube channel of the same name.

This week, the gang arrives in Jubilife City, where Dawn gets a few tips on appeals for Contests, and Brock gets to practice for the Fantasy Stage.

This episode was majorly rewritten thanks to Team Rocket being cut. Rather than have them arrive in Jubilife City a few episodes down the line, I chose to have them arrive now, setting up for next week's episode, where they venture to the outskirts of the city for Dawn's first catch. I also moved Brock getting Croagunk to here, as the original...

This week, our heroes escape the forest, only for Ash to see that Paul has no interest in being friends.

Besides taking Team Rocket out, I felt it would be a lot more effective if Ash was brushed off after an offer of a second round, instead of being thrashed again. As the episode was running long as it was, adding in a battle on top of just getting out of the forest seemed like padding, so I decided that less was more, and removed the second battle.

Part 2 of Episode 6 of Shine Diamond is delayed due to one of the locations I post it at being down. Once it is back up, I will post the episode, so all the places that have the story can receive a new episode together.

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